Could you elaborate on what you mean with "I cannot just leave it blank"? Define "it".
Could you also explain why you hate typing in "Menu" (also explain where you need to enter that word).
If you don't like adding widgets, you could do it directly from the theme by adding an ad hoc shape to the zone where you want to render a menu, and write shape table provider that generates menu item shapes. It would be similar to how the MenuWidgetPartDriver
works (in the Navigation module), but without a content part driver.

Could you elaborate on what you mean with "I cannot just leave it blank"? Define "it".
Could you also explain why you hate typing in "Menu" (also explain where you need to enter that word).
If you don't like adding widgets, you could do it directly from the theme by adding an ad hoc shape to the zone where you want to render a menu, and write shape table provider that generates menu item shapes. It would be similar to how the MenuWidgetPartDriver
works (in the Navigation module), but without a content part driver.